Ir order to celebrate ones personal marks like scars ,a new company is offering a different type of skin-based memento: jewelry that replicates scars acquired in accidents and surgeries.

It's My Scar makes wax renderings based on photos sent in by customers, and creates their highly personal piece of jewelry .

The idea is to celebrate the meaning that a scar holds for the wearer. It's My Scar's founder created her first piece of scar jewelry based on her own surgery scar, to commemmorate suriving thyroid cancer. The company's motto is 'Claim your past and wear your story', and it encourages customers to share their own stories on the website.